Rockland Legislature overrides vetoes, preserves 70 county jobs

12:05 AM,
Dec. 19, 2012

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After several months of back-and-forth debate, the Rockland County Legislature voted Tuesday night to override the vetoes County Executive C. Scott Vanderhoef made to its 2013 budget.

As a result, the $736.9 million spending plan intended to put Rockland County's troubled finances back on surer footing will include restorations the Democratic-led Legislature made to the county's unionized workforce rather than the cuts sought by Vanderhoef, a Republican. The final vote, which came just after 8 p.m., was 13-3, one more than the two-thirds majority needed.